Car-coupling



(No Model.)

J. R. TITUS,

GAR GOUPLING. l

No. 414,607. Y Patented Nov. 5, 1889..

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VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JQHN RYNOLD TITUS, OF TRYONVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming pam. of Letters Patent No. 414,607, dated November5, 1889.

Application tiled July 9, 1889. Serial No. 316,951. (No model.) l

and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers;

and I do declare thefollowing to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and iigu res of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The invention relates to automatic hookeouplers in which arrow-headlinks are employed and it con sists in the particular means which areused for uncoupling the link from the draw-head.

Figure l of the drawings is a bottom plan view; Fig. 2, a longitudinalvertical section; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of my bifu rcatedlink holder and lifter.

In the drawings, A represents the drawhead, having,I the slots a a inthe top and bottoni, and the usual flaring mouth a2. By thisconstruction there is formed a shoulder a3, which catches one of thearrow-head shoulders b3 of the link B, while the other arrowheadshoulder b3 catches behind the shoulder c:s on the arm c2 of the pivotedlink-lifter C. The latter is pivotedfat o to the draw-head, so

as to turn in the slots a a', and constructed with a subjacent arm o',4by which the link may be lifted above the shoulder aarwhile the thestop e, so as to raise the lifter C and carry the link up foruncoupling, while it may be turned down, when the spring will draw ittightly, so that the shoulders a3 c3 will lock with the shoulders b3 b3of the link.

In a car-coupling, the combination of a drawhead' having the open slot din the top, and rend closed slot ct in the bottom, a bifureatedlink-holder C, pivoted at its rear end, a subja'cent longitudinalspring, and a lifting-crank E, arranged under the front end oflink-holder, all relatively arranged as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOI-IN REYNOLD TITUS. Vitnesses:

CIIAs. E. RICHMOND, A. B. RICHMOND.

